Sometimes showing a brief video to your students—
or assigning it for home viewing—can go a long way
in helping to explain concepts that might take too
long in class. We’ve selected a few video clips,
ranging from old favorites to new hi-tech glimpses
at the future of electricity.
If you come across a video you’d like us to add to this list,
leave the URL in a comment below.
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
People have been making electrical jokes since… well, probably since before Benjamin Franklin flew that kite with the metal key in 1752.
Why not insert a bit of electricity humor into your next quiz or homework page? Extra points for students who guess the right punchlines to our riddles!
If you have a favorite cartoon or joke, insert it below as a comment, or email us at socialmedia@teachersource.com.
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
Electrical phenomena have been studied since antiquity, but we’re still finding out new facts. Electricity is in the air—and in the news! This selection of noteworthy articles is bound to “spark” some ideas for classroom discussion. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Donna Giachetti
We have assembled a brilliant array of electricity products to help you explain the fundamentals of electricity to your students. We’ve got everything from Electric Paint to Plasma Globes.
Here’s what some of our customers are saying about our some of their favorite EI electricity teaching tools.
If you have a favorite Educational Innovations product, let us know! We’d love to share your review with your fellow teachers and science lovers.
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by: Tami O’Connor
Energy is transported by waves. That’s an important concept to teach students, but it’s not always an easy one for them to understand. At the beginning of our unit on the electromagnetic spectrum, my class and I made wave models so they could all see and understand how waves work.
The kids loved this activity when we did it in class and, when I run into former students, some tell me they still have their wave models hanging from their ceilings more than 10 years after we made them!
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Posted by Tami O'Connor
